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Autodesk AutoCAD DWG Buffer Overflow

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 73292

Synopsis

An application on the remote host is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote host has a version of Autodesk AutoCAD installed that is potentially affected by an error related to handling DWG files that could lead to buffer overflows and possibly arbitrary code execution.

Solution

Apply the patch provided by the vendor. Note that : - AutoCAD 2011 Service Pack 2 is a pre-requisite to apply the patch. - AutoCAD 2012 Service Pack 2 is a pre-requisite to apply the patch. - AutoCAD 2013 Service Pack 2 is a pre-requisite to apply the patch. - AutoCAD 2014 Service Pack 1 contains the patch.